• eminently, in the highest degree, to the full
• much to my surprise, to my great surprise
• as right as a trivet, to be in perfect trim
• to my horror, to my unspeakable horror
• with the throttle against the stop
• at full throttle, with all possible dispatch, with the utmost dispatch
• with the greatest of ease
• much to my astonishment
• in the depths of despair